Watch your mouth because your speech is slurred enough   That you just might swallow your tongue   I?m sure you would want to give up the ghost   With just a little more poise then that      Or was it God who chokes in these situations?   Running late? Oh, no, he called in   Or was it God who chokes in these situations?   Running late? Oh no, he called in      The hospices, a relaxing weekend getaway   Where you?re a cut above all the rest   Sick and sad patients on first name basis   With all the top physicians      Prescribed pills to offset the shakes, to offset the pills   You know you should take it a day at a time      That?s when you stutter something profound   To the support on the line   And with the way you?ve been talking   Every word gets you a step closer to Hell      That?s when you stutter something profound   To the support on the line   And with the way you?ve been talking   Every word gets you a step closer to Hell      Prescribed pills to offset the shakes, to offset the pills   You know you should take it a day at a time   Prescribed pills to offset the shakes, to offset the pills   You know you should take it a day at a time      I am alone in this bed, house and head   She never fixes this, but at least she   I am alone in this bedroom   She never fixes this but at least she      Prescribed pills to offset the shakes, to offset the pills   You know you should take it a day at a time   Prescribed pills to offset the shakes, to offset the pills   You know you should take it a day at a time      The hospices, a relaxing weekend getaway   Where you?re a cut above all the rest   Sick and sad patients on first name basis   With all the top physicians